"two kids killed, nine injured...."

[DrLeftover]

Two young children were killed and nine others injured when a hooded, knife-wielding teenager rampaged through a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop in the UK Monday morning, police said.

The horror unfolded shortly before noon in Southport, just outside Liverpool, when the unidentified 17-year-old arrived by taxi and started attacking the children and adults trying to stop him.

Hours later, Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy confirmed that two children died and nine others were injured, including six left fighting for their lives — along with two adults left in critical condition from being stabbed as they “were bravely trying to protect” the kids.

2 little girls dead, 9 injured in mass stabbing at Taylor Swift dance party in Southport, UK

A young girl was killed and seven others were injured when a hooded, knife-wielding maniac rampaged through a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop in the UK Monday morning, authorities said.

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Southport knife attack: Two children dead and nine injured at dance workshop

A 17-year-old male remains in custody, arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

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[Webster]

Two young children were killed and nine others injured when a hooded, knife-wielding teenager

Remind me again how banning guns was supposed to make things safer in the UK?

 

[DrLeftover]

Update:

Southport stabbing latest: Teacher's bravery praised after deadly Southport dance class knife attack

The dance and yoga class was organised by Leanne Lucas, thought to be 35 - her condition is not known.

www.bbc.com

 

[Webster]

Southport Stabbing: What We Know About the U.K. Knife Attack and Suspect

A third child has died and five more are in critical condition after a “ferocious” attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on Monday. Ms. Swift expressed her horror and shock at the incident.

www.nytimes.com

A third child has died after a knife attack in Southport, England, and five children and two adults remain in a critical condition, the police said on Tuesday.

A 9-year-old girl died in the hospital in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said in a statement, while two other girls, age 6 and 7, died on Monday as a result of their injuries.

The attack, which the local police chief, Serena Kennedy, described as “ferocious,” took place at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class for children ages 6 to 11. A 17-year-old boy was arrested and is being questioned by the police.

Ms. Swift said in a statement about the attack on Instagram that she was “completely in shock.” “The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is washing over me continuously,” she wrote, adding: “The loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families, and first responders. These were just little kids at a dance class.”

 

[Gizmo]

Wouldn't surprise me if she does a fundraiser concert for this.

 

[DrLeftover]

And, of course, there is no death penalty, or Natural Life in Prison in the UK.

He WILL get out.

 

[Webster]

...apparently, @DrLeftover, there are still people in the UK upset over the stabbing incident to take to the streets.... *points below*

(The Guardian) Police injured and arrests made on another night of disorder
Eight people have been arrested in Sunderland for offences including violent disorder and burglary after another night of rioting and disorder in parts of the UK.

Three police officers were taken to hospital after being injured, Northumbria police added. One had since been discharged.

At least one building was reportedly set on fire, and a car was also overturned and set alight as police struggled to control a crowd of several hundred protesters.

Some of the protesters wore balaclavas and some were draped in the England flag, with police officers being hit with beer cans and stones in the city centre and a nearby mosque on St Mark’s Road. Posting on social media about the building on fire, Nick Lowles, from the organisation Hope Not Hate, said: “A far right and racist protest has culminated in this. Shame on all those who continue to excuse these protests.”

It was initially reported that a police building had been set on fire but later reports suggested an adjacent building was instead set alight.

An overturned car was set on fire and rioters set off fire extinguishers against officers.

The protests, promoted by far-right activists on social media, had started at the newly refurbished Keel Square. Footage posted on social media showed young men throwing stones at police and shouting “Whose streets? Our streets” as well as Islamophobic chants.

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Dozens of protests planned this weekend across the UK
The Sunderland protest was among several planned across the UK this weekend after the knife attack in Southport on Monday, fuelled by misinformation on social media about the background and religion of the 17-year-old suspect.

Anti-racism group Hope Not Hate said up to 35 protests were due to take place across the UK this weekend “under a broad anti-multiculturalism, anti-Muslim and anti-government agenda”.

They include Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster, Glasgow, Hanley, High Wycombe, Hull, Liverpool, Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Preston, St Helens, Stoke-on-Trent, Swindon and Wrexham.

 

[DrLeftover]

Most of them weren't locals and had come to town just to cause trouble.

 

[Webster]

Most of them weren't locals and had come to town just to cause trouble.

In this case, I don't think that matters; there were riots and disturbances across all of England & Ulster today.

 

[Webster]